Most preseason “reports” (read: guesses) about workloads are overly optimistic. If we took them all at face value, every player would be in for a career year. But, every now and then there’s a report that fantasy football owners shouldn’t ignore. Here are a few that caught our attention this week:

- ESPN's Rob Demovsky reports the Packers want Eddie Lacy to stay on the field more often to prevent substitutions from slowing down the offense. More snaps and touches for Lacy? Yes, please. Lacy caught 35 passes as a rookie and played 60.2 percent of Green Bay's offensive snaps. Expect both numbers to rise in 2014.

- The Cincinnati Enquirer's Paul Dehner Jr. expects the Bengals to feature Giovani Bernard "early and often" in their run-centric offense under new coordinator Hue Jackson. Bernard totaled 226 touches last year as a rookie, and 300 touches could be within reach this year. Of course, that’s already what owners are expecting from Bernard when they draft him in the late-first or early-second round. Meanwhile, Dehner also believes BenJarvus Green-Ellis is fighting Rex Burkhead for one roster spot.

- Philly Mag's Sheil Kapadia doesn’t expect the Eagles to lighten LeSean McCoy's workload even with Darren Sproles in town. McCoy led the NFL in carries (314) and touches (366) last year, though, so something will likely decrease, but not significantly. It sounds like Sproles will eat into Jeremy Maclin’s and Riley Cooper’s targets more than McCoy’s. Shady is still locked in as a top-three fantasy back.

- New Vikings coordinator Norv Turner reportedly wants to use Adrian Peterson differently this season. In other words, more creatively. Turner is known for leaning heavily on elite running backs (see: Tomlinson, LaDainian and Smith, Emmitt) and getting them the ball in space. Expect more receptions than usual for A.D.

It’s not all good news, though. Here are some guys who could be losing carries:

- The Seattle Times’ Bob Condotta estimates that Marshawn Lynch could lose 45-50 carries in 2014. Lynch averaged 18.8 carries per game last season to finish with 301 regular-season totes before Seattle’s Super Bowl run. Condotta sees 15-16 carries per game for Lynch in 2014, which would put him on pace for 240-260. We’re expecting Christine Michael to pick up the other carries as he establishes himself as a regular contributor and Seattle’s future feature back. Lynch is still a solid RB1, but his stock is slipping.

- ESPN's John Clayton reports the "early word out of San Francisco" is that Frank Gore could see 50 fewer carries in 2014. This echoes a similar report from a couple of weeks ago. Gore, now 31, logged 276 carries last season and averaged just 3.7 yards per tote in his final 10 regular-season games. Second-round pick Carlos Hyde could spell Gore, but Kendall Hunter, LaMichael James and even Marcus Lattimore are also in the mix. Gore’s upside (and ADP) continues to fall.